Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-11-04
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For some days the medical students OF the
four city universities in Montreal have been
at war with the police, and the city has been
kept in a state of turmoil The tension came
to height, when a large body of police, no
titled that 400 students would attend the
Academy of Music 10 witness the initial per-
Torrance Of the Grau French opera COM
pany, and intended afterward to make things
lively, lay in wait for them, and when they
emerged from the theatre fell upon them and
dubbed them numerically. Now the rowdy
medicos have threatened TO visit the Office of
the Gazette, and wreck it in return for its
exposure of their conduct.
Kingston, Ont, is greatly exercised over
the arrest OF two young men named New
man and Andrews on a charge of arson. The
other night three incendiary fires were
started, the most disastrous being at the Sal
walton Army barracks, which were Quilted,
and $4,000 damage done. While this fire
was in progress the police had a sus-
picion of two young men, having no
ticed that on their hats were lime and
hayseed, two things that evidently came
from the barn of one Babcock, which had
been fired. For hours the men were spotted,
then missed, and then noticed again. The
officers proceeded along the street, and found
the Third Methodist church broken into, and
a fire blazing among some books which were
piled near a partition. The fire was stamped
out, and the officers waited. Soon footsteps
were heard Newman came cautiously tc
the church door, evidently to see how the
flames were progressing, and was nabbed.
Andrews was captured across the street.
Lynching is limited at
The woollen mills in Hespeler, Ont.
owned by John Harvey and j. B. McQueston
have been seized at the instance of the Bank
of Montreal for interest under a chattel
mortgage for $4,000 The mills have been
running behind financially, and about
$40, 900 has been sunk within the past three
months. The 250 employees are thrown out
of work. The manager of the bank says it is
not likely that the bank will accept the securi.
tY offered by the firm to resume operations.
Johannes Rodge the chief founder of the
German Catholic party, is dead at Vienna.
He was "a years old.
The French government has thanked Sig.
Crispi the Italian premier, for his efforts to
bring about the happy issue of the Suei
canal negotiations The North German Ga.
zette says that Germany receives the Suei
canal convention with satisfaction, as calcu.
lated to offer further pledge of European
peace.
Earl Lytton has been appointed to succeed
Lord Lyons as Britt ii ambassador at Paris
Neutrality of Malta demanded by Rus
sian paper.
A terrible gale has ragged in the south OF
England Many buildings were umoofed
and there were numerous shipping casualties
in the channel A boat with a party Of Il
persons was capszed, and 10 of the party
drowned.
The statutes of the Greek company which
was formed for the administration of the
monopolies in petroleum, matches, salt, cigar.
cite paper, playing cards and emery paper
which guarantees the last loan of "a, 500, 900
has been signed.
The Moscow Gaze tie demands aneutralitJ
agreement touching Gibraltar similar to the
Suez canal agreement. The paper says il
believes that if all the powers interested
should insist on such an agreement, England
would yield
A very sad accident occurred at Montreal
Que, by which young girl named lds
Hawkins, 20 years old, met her death by
suffOcation. A smoke pipe from the furnace
passes through the room in which the de-
ceased and another servant girl slept. Find
ing the room too warm, they must have closed
the damper, with the result that smoke and
gas escaped and filled the room. The Haw.
kins girl was found lying insensible on the
floor and she never recovered. The othel
girl was restored to partial consciousness,
and hopes are entertained for her recovery
An attempt has been made on the life Of
Rev. FIR. Pepin, at ST. Telesphore, Que. L
is believed to have been done by saloon keep
ers whom he had been instrumental in bring
ing to justice for the illegal sale of liquor
Holes were bored in a stick of wood anG
filled with powder. After the latter wa
lighted, the stick was thrown into Fir. Pepin'i
office, where it exploded wrecking the house
and furniture. The Office is Immediately
under the room in which FIR. Pepin sleeps.
An affray between moonlighters and con
stables has occurred at Castle Island, Ire.
and two constables are reported to have beer
shot